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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy mount, probably from a box or casket of Medieval date. It comprises a copper-alloy plate that is rectangular in form and curved in cross-section to produce a concave back and convex front face with slight mid rib. The plate terminates at both ends in old breaks, where there are the remains of single central circular rivet holes. At one end the front face has chip carved stylised zoomorphic decoration comprising triangular ears followed by a series of two large triangles at the centre of the forehead, beneath which are small transverse rectangular eyes, the remainder of the decoration now missing due to old breaks. The entire fragment measures 45.71mm in length, 11.87mm in width, 3.92mm in thickness, and 3.15g in weight.This is an incomplete decorative mount or binding strip, probably from a box or casket. It finds close parallels in an example published from Norwich with similar zoomorphic decoration (Margeson, 1993: no. 473). This suggests a probable 13th-14th century AD date for the current example.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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